Group Exhibition of New Paintings by Six Artists at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art
February 20, 2011 by All Art News
Filed under Art Events & Exhibitions
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is presenting Reconfigured, a group exhibition of new paintings curated by gallery favorite Jacob Tillman. Exhibiting artists include: Gerald Davis, Mari Eastman, Bryson Gill, Todd Lanam, Allison Schulnik, and Lauren Silva.
- Lauren Silva, “Untitled”, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 84 x 94 inches. Photo: Courtesy Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art.
The show reflects an ongoing conversation among contemporary painters working in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area addressing the contemporary experience of space. Since the Renaissance discovery of perspective, each successive generation of painters in the Western tradition has re-interpreted the perception of painted space just as the human psychology of space (and time) has evolved and morphed in step with the technological, institutional, and psychological transformations that have marked the progression of Western societies toward modernism and beyond.
How is space perceived and experienced: physically and emotionally, consciously and subconsciously? The artists of Reconfigured address this question in paintings stemming from their day-to-day perception of “physical” space, yet mediated by specific choices of materials, composition, and process.
